The Babysitter//Zach Herron

Ch 24- I lost a piece of me today

I feel broken, empty. I lost a piece of me today, I lost memories, I lost something that I'll never be able to get back.

12 hours earlier...

It's 9am and Zach and I head out to get everybody some bagels from the Bagel Broker, our favorite bagel shop in LA.

We get a dozen bagels of all different sorts and two tubs of cream cheese. 

When we get back the boys are blasting Taking You through the speakers.

"Finallyyyyy what took you guys so long??" Jack complains jokingly.

"Did you think there would be no line on a Saturday morning at the Bagel Broker?" Zach says laughing.

We all enjoy our breakfast outside in the warm sun with the most beautiful view right in front of us.

Around noon the boys leave to go record one of the songs that they wrote last week. 

When I'm sitting on my bed writing down some lyrics for a new song my phone rings.

It's my dad, I wonder why he's face timing me.

"Hey dad, whats up. Are you ok?" I ask concerned when I see the sad expression on his face. All I hear is silence and a few sniffles. 

"I have bad news sweetheart."

My heart drops, "Wh-what happened, dad?" He wipes a tear from his cheek.

"Honey, um Rosie died." 

"No, no I just saw her last night." I shake my head in disbelief.

"I brought Rosie over to the Herron's house. Zach's dad and I were working on a project for work and Reese and Ryan were outside playing fetch in the backyard with her. The UPS truck came up and she got excited and managed to push through the gate that wasn't completely latched. She got in front of the truck and it was too late..."

I drop the phone on my bed and feel my body go weak. I don't even comprehend the words that he just said.

I begin sobbing, "Did you take her to the vet to try to save her?" My voice is shaky.

"Sweetheart there was nothing we could have done." My dad says quietly.

I'm crying so hard I can barely catch my breath.

"I need to call Zach. He-he's at the studio right now. I need to call him. I need to tell him." I ramble.

"Ok ok honey call Zach." 

We say goodbye and I just stay frozen for a minute. This feels unreal.

I call Zach and immediately break down as the words 'Rosie died' leave my mouth.

"Oh my god." Zach pauses and I can hear him beginning to cry. "I'll be home in 20 minutes."

Zach comes home to find me on the couch laying down looking at pictures of Rosie on the day I got her, on my birthday. She was one of the best gifts I've ever gotten, today that gift was taken away.

Zach lays down on the couch with me and just holds me.

"Zach she was our baby," I say between cries.

"I know, I know," He says comforting me.

An hour or two later the other boys come home from the studio. Their normal loud talkative selves were no where to be found. They walked in quietly and all came to sit around the couch with us in silence. The support from these guys is unbelievable. 

Zach and I decided that we should head home to Dallas for a few days to be with our family. Reese is probably a mess right now, she loved this puppy as much as I did...if not more.

We book the next flight out to Dallas, we will be leaving at 6 am tomorrow.

I begin to make an album in my camera roll of all the pictures I have of Rosie.

I pick my favorite ones and post them on Instagram. 

I tweet "I feel broken, empty. I lost a piece of me today, I lost memories, I lost something that I'll never be able to get back." I explain that Rosie passed away from a car accident in a later tweet.

There is a flood of support from everyone, people commenting and tweeting me their condolences.

If I didn't have everyone helping me through this tough time I don't know what I'd do.

A/N- I know this was pretty sad and I doubt anyone saw it coming :((

I'm going to be pretty busy this week so please be patient with me while I try my hardest to get new chapters published!! 

Thanks love you guys.